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Bob
Turley		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: September 19, 1930 in Usa, IL, TROY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 20 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1952 21 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 9 9 9 2 2 2 6 6 6
1953 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 8 9 9 2 2 2 5 5 5
1954 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 9 9 9 3 3 3 5 5 5
1955 24 CLE AL $ 428,571 8 9 9 9 3 3 3 5 5 5
1956 25 CLE AL $ 428,571 8 9 9 9 3 3 3 4 4 4
1957 26 CLE AL $ 428,571 8 9 9 9 3 3 3 4 4 4
1958 27 CLE AL $ 1,845,714 8 8 9 9 3 3 3 5 5 5
1959 28 CLE AL $ 2,530,000 8 8 8 8 3 4 3 5 5 5
1960 29 CIN NL $ 2,530,000 8 7 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5
1962 31 CLE AL $ 750,000 8 7 7 7 3 4 3 5 5 5
1963 32 CLE AL $ 750,000 8 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1964 33 TOR AL $ 400,000 8 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,530,000 9 9 9 9 3 4 3 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 20 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 24 CLE AL $ 428,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 25 CLE AL $ 428,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 26 CLE AL $ 428,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 27 CLE AL $ 1,845,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 28 CLE AL $ 2,530,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 29 CIN NL $ 2,530,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 31 CLE AL $ 750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 32 CLE AL $ 750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 33 TOR AL $ 400,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,530,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1951 20 CIN NL 2 16 .111 26 26 1 0 0 150.3 154 129 22 135 108 7.72 .271 .409 .441 .850 0.0
    AAA   7 4 .636 12 12 0 0 0 77.0 73 30 5 46 73 3.51 .252 .354 .355 .709  
1952 21 CIN NL 1 6 .143 12 10 0 0 0 55.0 58 41 4 46 34 6.71 .267 .396 .369 .765 0.0
    AAA   3 5 .375 10 10 1 1 0 64.3 54 24 3 38 71 3.36 .225 .331 .308 .639  
1953 22 CIN NL 6 9 .400 56 8 1 0 1 106.0 101 65 12 98 78 5.52 .258 .404 .406 .810 1.8
1954 23 CIN NL 12 15 .444 41 34 3 0 0 235.3 224 150 32 166 179 5.74 .255 .377 .418 .795 6.7
1955 24 TAM AL 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 4.3 7 4 1 1 5 8.29 .368 .400 .579 .979 0.0
  CLE AL 1 8 .111 26 0 0 0 12 31.0 35 18 3 25 14 5.23 .278 .392 .373 .765 1.5
  TOT   2 8 .200 33 0 0 0 12 35.3 42 22 4 26 19 5.60 .290 .393 .400 .793 1.5
1956 25 CLE AL 2 1 .667 11 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 2 1 4 9 2.00 .229 .341 .314 .656 1.3
    AAA   4 2 .667 38 0 0 0 2 39.7 30 17 5 22 53 3.86 .217 .325 .370 .695  
1957 26 CLE AL 0 2 .000 35 0 0 0 3 42.7 27 14 7 17 41 2.95 .181 .263 .342 .606 4.9
1958 27 CLE AL 1 9 .100 36 0 0 0 13 37.0 43 19 5 18 28 4.62 .289 .363 .470 .833 2.4
1959 28 CLE AL 1 3 .250 43 0 0 0 1 46.7 51 33 12 36 42 6.37 .287 .407 .584 .992 0.0
1960 29 AAA   6 2 .750 77 1 0 0 2 119.0 104 46 19 58 144 3.48 .237 .326 .390 .715  
1962 31 CLE AL 4 2 .667 35 2 0 0 1 52.7 54 23 2 37 49 3.93 .261 .375 .343 .718 3.5
1963 32 CLE AL 3 1 .750 41 1 0 0 0 55.7 44 22 8 25 47 3.56 .212 .302 .380 .682 3.8
1964 33 AAA   5 11 .313 25 25 0 0 0 168.0 162 69 24 67 189 3.70 .254 .325 .432 .757  
11 Years Sim 34 72 .321 369 81 5 0 31 825.6 806 520 109 608 634 5.67 .258 .380 .416 .796 26.0
5 Years AAA 25 24 .510 162 48 1 1 4 468.0 423 186 56 231 530 3.58 .243 .331 .386 .718  
Season Average 3 6 .333 33 7 0 0 2 75.1 73 47 9 55 57 5.67 .258 .380 .416 .796  
Career Highs 12 16 .750 56 34 3 0 13 235.3 224 150 32 166 179 7.72 .290 .409 .584 .992  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   405 241 53 304 368   .244 .360 .390 .751
vs LH   401 279 56 304 266   .274 .399 .445 .844
Home 16 40 .286 202 43 2 0 10 451.3 446 301 68 323 347 6.00 .260 .377 .428 .805
Away 18 32 .360 167 38 3 0 21 374.3 360 219 41 285 287 5.27 .256 .381 .402 .782
Mar/Apr 5 5 .500 49 1 1 0 3 65.3 72 35 8 39 58 4.82 .286 .381 .456 .838
May 6 11 .353 57 14 1 0 9 142.6 127 71 19 91 106 4.48 .242 .354 .397 .751
June 4 6 .400 55 13 0 0 5 129.3 121 77 21 103 87 5.36 .246 .376 .417 .793
July 5 18 .217 68 16 1 0 7 151.6 163 131 26 120 133 7.77 .278 .401 .480 .880
August 5 17 .227 79 14 0 0 4 155.3 154 96 16 118 125 5.56 .258 .380 .396 .776
Sep/Oct 9 15 .375 61 23 2 0 3 181.3 169 110 19 137 125 5.46 .250 .377 .378 .755
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1951 20 CIN NL 26 51 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 .118 .118 .118 .235 -1.6 0.0
1952 21 CIN NL 12 16 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 .125 .176 .250 .426 0.7 0.0
1953 22 CIN NL 56 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.7 0.0
1954 23 CIN NL 41 76 3 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .145 .167 .145 .311 0.4 0.0
1955 24 TAM AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  CLE AL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1957 26 CLE AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1958 27 CLE AL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1962 31 CLE AL 35 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
1963 32 CLE AL 41 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
9 Years Sim 315 173 6 20 0 1 0 7 0 1 3 61 .116 .131 .127 .258 -2.6 0.0
162 Game Average 88 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 31 .116 .131 .127 .258 -1.3  
Career Highs 56 76 3 11 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 24 .200 .200 .250 .426 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   102 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 41 .098 .115 .098 .213 -3.2
vs LH   71 2 10 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 20 .141 .153 .169 .322 -0.3
Home 168 80 5 11 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 26 .138 .148 .163 .311 -0.2
Away 95 93 1 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 35 .097 .116 .097 .213 -3.2
RISP   47 0 3 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 17 .064 .083 .106 .190 -1.8
Close/Late   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Mar/Apr 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
May 31 37 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .108 .108 .108 .216 -1.2
June 13 26 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.4
July 35 31 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .065 .121 .065 .186 -1.1
August 35 29 1 8 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 9 .276 .300 .345 .645 2.9
Sep/Oct 29 46 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .043 .043 .043 .087 -3.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1951 20 CIN NL P 26 26 150.3 19 24 1 0 .977 2.57    
1952 21 CIN NL P 12 10 55.0 6 16 0 2 1.000 3.60    
1953 22 CIN NL P 56 8 106.0 5 18 2 1 .920 1.95    
1954 23 CIN NL P 41 34 235.3 17 45 1 8 .984 2.37    
1955 24 TAM AL P 7 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.07    
  CLE AL P 26 0 31.0 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.90    
  TOT   P 33 0 35.3 1 10 0 0 1.000 2.80    
1956 25 CLE AL P 11 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 26 CLE AL P 35 0 42.7 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.53    
1958 27 CLE AL P 36 0 37.0 3 7 1 2 .909 2.43    
1959 28 CLE AL P 43 0 46.7 4 14 0 0 1.000 3.47    
1962 31 CLE AL P 35 2 52.7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.20    
1963 32 CLE AL P 41 1 55.7 4 8 1 0 .923 1.94    
Career Totals   369 81 825.6 61 159 6 14 .973 2.40    
Career Highs   56 34 235.3 19 45 2 8 1.000 3.60    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1954-10-15
 Saves
1955-5-12
1958-5-13
 Homeruns Allowed
1954-10-32
 Strikeouts
1954-10-179
 Walks Allowed
1951-9-135
1954-2-166
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1954-6-6.8
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Jim Wilson (921)
  5. Bob Brown (920)
  6. Tommy Byrne (919)
  7. Earl Francis (916)
  8. Dick Fowler (914)
  9. Jim Winford (911)
  10. Grant Bowler (910)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1951
Had first career hit on 5/10/1951, off Niles Jordan (BRK)
Earned first career win on 5/23/1951
Injured on 5/16/1952 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1955 (Going to TAM: P Bob Turley, P Red Embree, 3B Snuffy Stirnweiss. Going to CIN: 2B Ralph Lapointe)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cleveland on 5/1/1955 (Going to TAM: P Bill Henry, CF Jackie Jensen, LF Whitey Lockman. Going to CLE: P Red Embree, RF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti, P Bob Turley)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,845,714 through salary arbitration
9/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $2,530,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Cleveland to Pittsburgh on 2/13/1960 (Going to PIT: P Bob Turley. Going to CLE: P Cloyd Boyer)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on 4/2/1960 (Going to PIT: SS Ernie Banks. Going to CIN: P Bob Bruce, LF Charlie Maxwell, P Bob Turley, P Tom Poholsky)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/22/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/9/1964 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Injured on 5/5/1964 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
 
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